Mar 28, 20203 minAn IntroBy Martin Willis. In August of last year, our production company produced, printed and handed out 3500 copies of a Small Book on Mental...
May 1, 20204 minA Fringeless AugustBy Katy Koren. It’s been a rollercoaster of a few weeks (how many times have you heard that phrase recently, along with ‘unprecedented’,...
Apr 27, 20204 minIt Was All Going So WellBy Rich Wilson. Illustrated by Michael Julings. It was all going so well wasn’t it. Wasn’t it? We had plans, we had jobs and we could...
Apr 27, 20203 minWe’re All BitsBy Pope Lonergan. Illustrated by Jimmy Slim. I’m self-isolating with my parents. My Mum is 5ft 6” and unapologetically bolshy. The kind...
Apr 27, 20202 minI feel it in my fingers, I feel it in my toes, 5G is all around meBy Jenny Collier. Illustrated by Hannah Eachus. Since this is a global catastrophe, and we are putting our collective livelihoods,...
Apr 24, 20204 minThe You That Was Here All AlongBy Joz Norris. Not gonna lie – lockdown has, predictably enough, been a fairly lonely experience so far. And yet I’m finding, bit by...
Apr 20, 20203 minCan we talk about something else, please?By Rachael Healy. Illustrated by Ella Mclean. On the Sunday night before the government announced lockdown, my brain decided to...
Apr 20, 20204 minBiggerWritten & illustrated by Idil Sukan. I peel the banana and I mush the banana and I pour sugar on the banana and I stir the banana and I...
Apr 20, 20203 minDepression, the NHS and The Marathon We Ran Standing StillOr 48 Hours In The Dark Room is Easier Than 36 Hours On-Call For the NHS By John Robertson. I think it was about 40 hours into the show...
Apr 17, 20205 minAn Interview with EJ Penalba, NextUp’s Community ManagerBy Martin Willis. If you, like the subject of this article, identify as a ‘big old comedy nerd’, then you’ve probably been aware of...
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